Portsmouth-based family run business, Hooper Services, has expanded its range by exclusively partnering with TSM Italy - another family-run business. Ian Hooper, who in 1990 founded the company that takes his name, says his main aim is to save customers money without compromising on service or quality - hence the partnership.

Ian and the rest of the team strongly believe in building and maintaining long term relationships and establishing trust with suppliers, which continues all the way through to the customers and end-users, ensuring that they receive the best product with the support and guidance they need.

TSM (Technological Systems by Moro) started in 1882 making agricultural machinery. This continued up until the 1950s, when expansion saw the production of the company's first vacuum pumps and other machinery, to complement urban development and industrial cleaning and maintenance.

Now in the family's fifth generation, the company boasts a portfolio that includes two complete and distinct lines of machinery for indoor and outdoor, industrial and commercial use. The indoor line includes scrubber dryers, sweepers, vacuum cleaners, carpet cleaners, steam generators and rotary machines; while in the outdoor line, there are urban cleaning vehicles that are eco-friendly and boasting zero CO2 emissions, such as the urban waste vacuum cleaner and compact road sweepers.

The system that stands out from the indoor line is the Grande Brio range of scrubber dryers, with numerous models consisting of walk behind or ride-on machines that were carefully designed with the basic TSM principles: Simple, Mechanical, Affordable, Reliable & Tough (SMART). Extremely simple to use and maintain, the Grande Brio machines are light and manoeuvrable and between them are able to meet any cleaning requirement for small, medium and large areas.

Two versions of the Grande Brio have the added benefit of the Ecoray System. The autonomous system uses ultraviolet energy to tackle any microorganisms left behind after cleaning. This includes reducing and eliminating symptoms relating to asthma, allergies and the transmission of other infectious and non-infectious diseases caused by bacteria and viruses.

This system has been independently tested by one of Italy's top Oncology Institutes which saw a reduction of microorganisms by over 96.5%! The system can be used with or without chemicals, will save energy of up to 15% and improves indoor air quality which assists in eliminating organic odours.